Amadeus:
 >The effect of lowering a high-carb intake in undoubted, it explains why
 >people going into low-carb direction experience a lower cholesterol.
 >But lowered down to where?
 >Why do real low-carbers then experience rather high cholesterol levels?
 >Concurrent huntergathereres have low readings, as Jens Other explanations
 >are there too: real huntergatherers eat a *lot* of fiber (low density
vegetables).
 >This binds cholesterol and enhances digestion.

Add stress, hypothyroidism and dehydration to your list of conditions
that have been linked to rises in cholesterol levels, but rather than
focusing so much on cholesterol, you would have a more compelling
case against the consumption of feedlot animals if you could show that
it caused an elevation of the more relevant CRP and homocysteine
levels.

Peter